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May 18, 12 Venus is an ever thinner, ever taller crescent as it drops lower in the western twilight — on its way to transiting the face of the Sun in two weeks. |
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May 11, 12 Venus is sinking lower in twilight, closely accompanied by Beta Tauri, as its telescopic crescent enlarges and wanes. Venus is on its way to swinging directly between Earth and Sun on June 5th. |
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May 04, 12 This week the Moon passes the Mars-Regulus pair, then the Saturn-Spica pair. Meanwhile, Venus in twilight still shines at its peak height and brightness. |
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Apr 20, 12 Venus is attaining its greatest height and brilliance in twilight, while Jupiter slinks away far below. Elsewhere in the evening sky, Mars pairs with Regulus and Saturn pairs with Spica. |
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Apr 13, 12 Venus is attaining its greatest height and brilliance in twilight, while Jupiter slinks away far below. Elsewhere in the evening sky, Mars pairs with Regulus and Saturn pairs with Spica. |
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Mar 30, 12 Bright Venus high in the dusk skims the Pleiades, while Jupiter sinks ever lower. And the Moon joins first one star-and-planet pair, then another. |
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Mar 23, 12 The crescent Moon again pairs up with Jupiter and Venus at dusk, but in reverse order compared to a month ago. Mars is shrinking and fading. And Saturn rises around the end of twilight. |
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Mar 16, 12 Watch Venus and Jupiter in the west pulling apart nightly now. Mars shines higher in the east after opposition, and Saturn is up in the evening now too. |
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Mar 09, 12 The striking Venus-Jupiter show in the early-evening sky culminates this week, as the two brightest planets pass just 3° apart. |
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Mar 02, 12 Venus and Jupiter are drawing ever closer together high in the west at dusk. Meanwhile, Mercury is having its best evening apparition of 2012 down below them. |
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Feb 24, 12 The Moon pairs up with Venus at dusk, then with Jupiter. Far to their lower right, Mercury is having its best evening appearance for 2012. |
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Feb 10, 12 Bright Venus and Jupiter are closing in on each other a little more each day. Mars is almost as big and bright as it's going to get. And the waning Moon passes Saturn. |
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Feb 03, 12 Venus and Jupiter in the dusk are now 30° apart and closing. On the other side of the sky, the Moon marches much faster toward Mars. |
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Jan 27, 12 Venus blazes high at dusk. The bright Moon passes Jupiter, then shines over Orion. And Mars and Saturn rise ever earlier in the night. |
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Jan 20, 12 Jupiter is shrinking, Mars is growing, Orion stands high, and the waxing crescent Moon will soon pass Venus. |
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Jan 13, 12 Venus and Jupiter slowly draw toward each other. The Winter Hexagon looms large over the evening world. And the waning Moon shines in early dawn. |
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Dec 30, 11 Venus and Jupiter light the evenings as the new year arrives. Having already left Venus behind, the waxing Moon now passes Jupiter. |
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Dec 23, 11 Venus and the crescent Moon highlight Christmas Week twilights. And after ringing in the New Year, step outside for Sirius at the meridian. |
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Dec 09, 11 Venus is easier to spot in twilight. Jupiter dominates the night. And the Geminid meteors peak on the nights of the 13th and 14th, though moonlight interferes. |
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Dec 16, 11 As fall finally turns to winter on the Longest Night this week, Venus and Jupiter light the evening sky and Orion shines through the many hours of darkness. |
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